[Oatgrasses: The Genus Danthonia East of the Cascade Mts. of Oregon and Washington]

Onespike Danthonia, Few-flowered Wild Oatgrass, Few-flower Wild Oat-grass

Danthonia unispicata

Onespike Danthonia, Few-flowered Wild Oatgrass, Few-flower Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia unispicata

Onespike danthonia blooming in scablands adjacent to moist meadow drainages along Forest Road 30 at the southeast corner of Big Summit Prairie, Ochoco National Forest........June 3, 2018.

Spike of Onespike Danthonia, Few-flowered Wild Oatgrass, Few-flower Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia unispicata

The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence of onespike danthonia as seen at a rocky overlook to Hells Canyon from Hat Pt. Road, about two miles south of Memaloose in the Hells Canyon NRA........June 28, 2007.

Spreading leaf hairs of Onespike Danthonia, Few-flowered Wild Oatgrass, Few-flower Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia unispicata

The photo above shows a sideview of a leaf of onespike danthonia as seen at a rocky overlook to Hells Canyon from Hat Pt. Road, about two miles south of Memaloose in the Hells Canyon NRA.........June 28, 2007. Note the numerous long, spreading hairs on both surfaces of the leaf.

Onespike Danthonia, Few-flowered Wild Oatgrass, Few-flower Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia unispicata - Onespike Danthonia, Few-flowered Wild Oatgrass, Few-flower Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia unispicata

One-spike oatgrass as seen at left along the Old Headquarters Road in the Klickitat State Wildlife Area of south-central Washington.........June 12, 2009. The photo at right shows one-spike oatgrasson balds atop Bickleton Ridge, Bickleton Ridge Unit of the Klickitat Wildlife Area..........June 17, 2017.

Onespike Danthonia, Few-flowered Wild Oatgrass, Few-flower Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia unispicata - Onespike Danthonia, Few-flowered Wild Oatgrass, Few-flower Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia unispicata

The photo at left shows onespike danthonia as seen at a rocky overlook to Hells Canyon from Hat Pt. Road, about two miles south of Memaloose in the Hells Canyon NRA.........June 28, 2007. The photo at right shows onespike oatgrass on scablands about one-quarter of a mile uphill to the west from the Wenas Campground, Yakima County, WA......May 24, 2019.

Inflorescence of Onespike Danthonia, Few-flowered Wild Oatgrass, Few-flower Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia unispicata - Hairs at joints and along stem of Onespike Danthonia, Few-flowered Wild Oatgrass, Few-flower Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia unispicata - Onespike Danthonia, Few-flowered Wild Oatgrass, Few-flower Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia unispicata

Onespike Danthonia, Few-flowered Wild Oatgrass, Few-flower Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia unispicata

Additional close-up photos of onespike danthonia as seen in vernally moist meadows in Logan Valley, just west of Big Creek Campground, Malheur National Forest.........July 1, 2010.

Onespike Danthonia, Few-flowered Wild Oatgrass, Few-flower Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia unispicata - Onespike Danthonia, Few-flowered Wild Oatgrass, Few-flower Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia unispicata

Onespike danthonia observed within the first half of a mile from the McCoin Orchard Trailhead along the Gray Butte Trail #852, Crooked River National Grasslands.......May 31, 2018.

Mature inflorescencee of Onespike Danthonia, Few-flowered Wild Oatgrass, Few-flower Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia unispicata - Onespike Danthonia, Few-flowered Wild Oatgrass, Few-flower Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia unispicata

The photo at left shows a close-up of the inflorescence of onespike danthonia as seen on Missoula Flood sandbars between Five Mile and the Little Spokane River, Spokane County, WA.......June 29, 2018. The photo at right shows onespike danthonia as seen on Missoula Flood sandbars between Five Mile and the Little Spokane River, Spokane County, WA.......June 27, 2018.

Onespike Danthonia, Few-flowered Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata

Few-flowered wild oatgrass as seen at the junction of forest roads #35 and #3517, Wenatchee N.F.........July 24, 2009.

Onespike Danthonia, Few-flowered Wild Oatgrass, Few-flower Wild Oat-grass: Danthonia unispicata

Few-flowered wild oats as seen about one-half mile south of the Little Spokane River near the entrance to the Spokane Country Club.........June 21, 2009.
Paul Slichter